The best of women are hypocrites.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWhen you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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